Lycopodineae (Noun)
Meaning
Alternative designation for the class Lycopsida.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The division Lycopodiophyta consists mainly of extinct plants, with the lycopodineae being one of its major groups.
- Lycopodineae refers to a class of vascular plants that includes the extant genera Huperzia and Lycopodiella.
- The class Lycopodiopsida or lycopodineae is characterized by the fact that the sporophylls are aggregated into strobili.
- In the alternative classification system the group is called lycopodineae which have evolved from the most ancient type of vascular plants.
- Some of the extinct species classified under lycopodineae are the ancestors of modern club mosses and quillworts.